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tare (târ), name sometimes used as a synonym for any vetch vetch, common name for many weak-stemmed, leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family). The vetches are chiefly annuals, distributed over temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and of South America. ..... Click the link for more information. , most frequently for the common vetch. The tare of the Scriptures, a weed of grainfields and considered a seed of evil, is thought to have been the unrelated darnel (see rye grass rye grass, short-lived perennial, leafy, tufted plant belonging to the family Gramineae ( grass family). Two species are grown in the United States—Italian rye grass (Lolium multiflorum ..... Click the link for more information. ). |
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Thrice was he stricken by my spear and dashed to earth, and his shield was pierced; but the fourth time I struck his thigh, laying on with all my strength, and tare deep into his flesh. It is a labor to task the faculties of a man -- such problems of profit and loss, of interest, of tare and tret, and gauging of all kinds in it, as demand a universal knowledge. Verily, all too well do I understand the dream's portent and monition: my DOCTRINE is in danger; tares want to be called wheat! |
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